"Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Norway and Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia on 16 May. Their song was chosen at a national final, ""Melodi Grand Prix"", held on 21 February 2009. After three semi-finals, a ""Siste Sjansen"", second chance qualifier, and the grand final, the winner was singer/songwriter and violinist Alexander Rybak with ""Fairytale"", winning in the biggest landslide in Melodi Grand Prix history. Norway first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, following their Scandinavian neighbours Denmark and Sweden, who debuted in 1957 and 1958 respectively. Their first entry, ""Voi"
"by a professional jury (12 points) and public televoting (10 points) were tallied, resulting in 22 points. Gheorghe's win was contested by fans of the Romanian rock band Blaxy Girls, who placed second with 18 points for ""Dear Mama"". The Eurovision Song Contest 2009, at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, respectively, and the final on 16 May. According to Eurovision rules, all participating countries except the host country and the ""Big Four"" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to advance from a semi-final to compete in the"
"which last competed in 2009; and San Marino, which last participated in 2008. Italy also returned to the Contest, marking its first participation since 1997. No country withdrew from the contest. The winner was Azerbaijan with the song ""Running Scared"" performed by Ell & Nikki. The runner-up was Italy, and Sweden finished in third place. Italy (2nd) and Germany (10th) were the only members of the ""Big Five"" to make it into the top 10, with the United Kingdom close behind at 11th place; France and Spain, failed to make it into the top half of the leader board coming"
"Song Contest 2009 finals in Moscow with the song """"Fairytale"""" after getting through the semi-finals. Rybak won by a significant margin, scoring 387 points, 169 points over second placed Yohanna, representing Iceland. Having been voted for by all 41 countries, Norway scored the highest number of points for any entry in any Eurovision Song Contest until 2016. The smallest score was 2 points given by Bulgaria. They received 12 points from 16 countries: Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. This record was broken by Sweden in 2012 when they"
"without commentary via the peer-to-peer medium Octoshape. Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009 was the official compilation album of the 2009 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 11 May 2009. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2009 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following Dima Bilan's win at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with"
"Kaas for France, Sakis Rouvas for Greece and AySel and Arash for Azerbaijan. Anastasia Prikhodko performing ""Mamo"", Valeriya performing ""Back to Love"" and Kvatro performing ""Lyubovyu otvechay"" qualified to the Super Final. An eleven-member jury selected the final winner from the three super finalists. The winner, receiving six of the eleven votes, was Anastasia Prikhodko and the song ""Mamo"". The jury panel included television and music producers: Yuriy Aksyuta, Kim Breitburg, Alexander Dulov, Igor Krutoy, Alexander Lunyov, Vladimir Matetsky, Ruben Oganesov, Larisa Sinelschikova, Maxim Fadeev, as well as the secretary of organising committee of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in"
"members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best video released in their countries. The contest was held in Volgograd, Russia after Yin-Yang won the 2009 contest for Russia with ""Karma"". Twelve countries participated in the contest. Australia entered the contest for the first time, while Luxembourg returned after their absence from the 2009 contest. Estonia, Ireland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine left the contest. The draw for the running order was conducted on 10 October where it was decided that Italy would start the show, while Australia would close it. The contest was won by"
"France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Patricia Kaas, one of France's most successful musical artists, represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 on 16 May 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The French broadcaster France Télévisions once again used an internal selection as it had in the past to choose the song ""Et s'il fallait le faire"", which was the first single from Kaas's next album, ""Kabaret"". France was one of the seven countries to compete in the very first contest in 1956. The country's first win came in 1958, with André Claveau's ""Dors, mon amour"" (Sleep, my love). France"
"Kim-Lian van der Meij which was specially written for this contest and the 2009 winner Ralf Mackenbach performed also. Twelve countries took part in the contest, making it the smallest number of countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest history, and equalling the number of countries participated in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest held at RAI Congrescentrum. Israel, Albania and Azerbaijan made their debuts at the Junior Contest. Whilst nine countries from the previous edition continued their participation in the contest, four countries withdrew: Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Macedonia. The contest was won by Anastasiya Petryk for Ukraine with"
"The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece. ""Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final."" Notes The EBU introduced an undisclosed threshold number of televotes that would have to be registered in each voting country in order to make that country's votes valid. If that number was not reached, the country's backup jury would vote instead. In the semi-final this affected Monaco, Andorra and Albania, and Andorra, Monaco and Moldova in the final. Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final: Below is a"
"contest was won for the second time by Russia's Via Gra with ""Potselui"", who received 140 points, the runner-up was Austria. Luxembourg placed last, receiving 13 points. The full result of the Video Contest were presented on 15 December 2008. The OGAE Video Contest 2009 was the eighth edition of OGAE Video Contests, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best video released in their countries. The contest was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia after Via Gra won the 2008 edition for Russia with ""Potselui"". Sixteen countries participated in the contest. Estonia, Ireland,"
"Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kiev, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the Contest. The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach for the Netherlands with the song ""Click Clack"". At the age of 14, he is the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its seven-year history. He was joined by Italy's Vincenzo Cantiello who won the 2014 contest also at the age of"
"Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 after the Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), confirmed that Slovenia would appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and also announced that they would be changing the national final format. The winner of EMA 2009 was Quartissimo and Martina Majerle with ""Love Symphony"", which received full marks from the jury and came fourth in the public televote. EMA 2009 was in February 2009, with changes occurring to the format. Instead of two semi-finals of ten songs each, with the top five qualifying"
"the previous contest, with Montenegro returning for the first time since 2009, and the withdrawal of Armenia due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, and Poland due to financial concerns. The contest was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song ""Euphoria"" — written by and Peter Boström, the song scored a total of 372 points. Russia finished in second place, with Serbia finishing in third. They were followed by the host country, Azerbaijan, which reached the 4th place. Albania finished 5th, achieving its first top 5 placing. Germany, Italy and Spain were"
"United Kingdom is a part of the ""Big Four"", the song was entered directly into the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held on 16 May 2009 in Moscow. The show received an average of 7.8 million viewers and peaked at 9.8 million during the voting, which is a 35.3% share of the UK TV audience. The United Kingdom did well during the contest and finished in 5th place, with 173 points in contrast to the previous few years in which none of the UK's entries from 2003 onwards have made it into the top 15. It was the"
"Russia with two semi-finals preceding it on 12 and 14 May. Thirty-seven countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest, with the ""Big Four"" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host pre-qualified for the final. In addition to those pre-qualified, the final also included the ten selected countries from each semi-final, making a total of twenty-five participants. A discussion on changes to the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest had taken place at an EBU meeting in Athens, Greece in June 2008 where a proposal was made that could have resulted in"
"Hallelujah"" was the first ever hard rock song to win the contest, since Eurovision is normally associated with softer pop music and schlager. This was Finland's first victory in Eurovision after waiting forty-five years. It is also noted that they scored the same amount of points in the semi-final and the grand final. The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens were Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, the Greek representative at Eurovision in 2004 and 2009, and the Greek American television presenter and actress, Maria Menounos. In the semi-final, both the hosts sang Katrina and the Waves' contest-winning ""Love Shine"
"having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most ""nul points"" (zero points) in the contest. The country has finished last eleven times and has failed to score a point during four contests. Since the introduction of a semi-final round to the format of the contest in 2004, Norway has, to this point, finished in the top ten five times. Wig Wam finished ninth with the song ""In My Dreams"" in 2005, Maria Haukaas Storeng was fifth in 2008 with ""Hold On Be Strong"", Alexander Rybak won in 2009, Margaret Berger was"
"peer medium Octoshape. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009: Kyiv, is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 21 November 2009. The album features all the songs from the 2009 contest, along with karaoke versions. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kiev, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to compete in the Contest. The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach for"
"by a combination of a public televote and panel of judges. Following a promotional tour of many European cities, ""Secret Combination"" came first in the first of the Eurovision semi-finals at Belgrade in May, and was seen as a possible competition winner. In Greece's twenty-ninth Eurovision appearance on May 24, ""Secret Combination"" initially led the voting with full marks from six countries. However, the song ultimately finished third, behind Russia and Ukraine. Greece had previously won the competition in 2005. After the show, the song went on to chart in several European countries, reaching number one in Greece and Cyprus."
"Wish I Could Pretend"", as well as Sasha Son and Lidia Kopania, the Lithuanian and Polish Eurovision entries respectively. The three songs that qualified to the Super Final were Intars Busulis with ""Sastrēgums"", Natālija Tumševica with ""Dynamite"" and Kristīna Zaharova & Annija Putniņa with ""Angel of Mine"". In the Super Final, the three qualifiers performed their songs once more. televoting selected the winner to be Intars Busulis with ""Sastrēgums"", beating Kristīna Zaharova & Annija Putniņa to second place. Being neither part of the ""Big Four"" nor the host of the 2009 contest Latvia were obliged to compete in one of"
"volume in the participating countries. According to Norway's ""Aftenposten"", Meyer-Landrut received the most attention of all participants. The final was held on 29 May 2010 at Oslo's Telenor Arena. Appearing fourth from last, Meyer-Landrut wore a simple black dress and performed on a bare stage with four backing singers. Her pared-back presentation reflected a trend that has had success at recent Eurovisions, as it did not feature any form of choreography, dancers or elaborate stage show. ""Satellite"" received a total of 246 points, giving Germany its first victory since 1982, and the first win as a unified country. It also"
"a total of 272 points, Dima Bilan representing Russia was declared the winner, with the song ""Believe"". This was Russia’s first win in the contest. Russia came first in the semi-final. Ukraine were runners up for the second year running, with 3rd place going to Greece, 4th to Armenia seeing their best result so far and 5th to Norway. Host of the contest, Serbia, finished 6th. 2008 also saw, for the first time ever, Eurovision.tv streaming national finals live on ESCTV with broadcasters' permission. On 30 January 2008, Eurovision.tv revealed the theme of the Contest: ""The Confluence of Sound"", which"
"and contests, respectively. and withdrew after returning in the , while withdrew for the first time since 2008. The winner of the contest was Destiny Chukunyere, who represented Malta with the song ""Not My Soul"". and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Malta's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having won previously in . This contest marked the second time a country won twice in a three-year period (following Belarus winning twice in a period of three years between 2005 and 2007). Malta's 185-point victory also achieved the highest amount of points received by any"
"end of voting, ""This Is Our Night"" was revealed as the winner receiving over eighty percent of the votes. ""Right on Time"" and ""Out of Control"" placed second and third respectively. The song was performed in Moscow during the second semi-final on 14 May 2009 and was one of the ten performances which qualified for the grand final. In the final on 16 May, ""This Is Our Night"" finished in seventh place with a total of 120 points, receiving maximum ""12 points"" from Albania, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. The song therefore carried on Greece's ""Eurovision"" success by finishing within the top-ten"
"the contest as one half of Bobbysocks, returned to finish second. In , Jostein Hasselgård was fourth. Norway won for the third time in 2009, with Alexander Rybak's smash hit ""Fairytale"". The 2009 winning score of 387 points being the highest ever winning total under the voting system used between 1975 and 2015. It also achieved the biggest ever margin of victory. In , Norway finished last in the final for the 11th time. Norway has the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most ""nul points"""
"Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Russia participated in and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song ""Believe"" performed by Dima Bilan. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). Anastasia Prikhodko represented Russia with the song ""Mamo"", which scored 91 points in the final and finished in 11th place. On 10 December 2008, Channel One held a press conference regarding the organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, during which the general director of the channel, Konstantin"
"Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, marking its tenth entrance to Eurovision. Originally, after budget cuts were made by the Latvian government on the Latvian broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), announced plans to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Russia, but on 12 January 2009 it was announced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that Latvia will participate. Eirodziesma 2009, the Latvian national final, was held on 27 and 28 February. The ultimate winner of the contest was Intars Busulis with ""Sastrēgums"" (Traffic jam). The song was performed at Eurovision"
"Youddiph (singer), Tamara Gverdtsiteli (singer), Alexander Lunev (composer) and Elena Kiper (producer). The voting spokesperson for Russia was Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė. Points awarded in the second semi-final: Points awarded in the final: Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Russia participated in and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song ""Believe"" performed by Dima Bilan. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). Anastasia Prikhodko represented Russia with the song ""Mamo"", which scored 91 points in the final and finished"
"event would boost Ukraine's image abroad and increase tourism, while the country's new government hoped that it would also give a modest boost to the long-term goal of acquiring European Union membership. The winner for 2005 was Greece with the song ""My Number One"" performed by Helena Paparizou, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou, both successful singer-songwriters in Greece. It scored 230 points, beating Malta into second place by a margin of 38 points. This was the first victory for Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest. Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. The ""Big Four"" countries"
"written by his sister Luísa Sobral. This was Portugal's first win – and first top five placing – in 53 years of participation, the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since 's ""Molitva"" in , and the first winner written in triple metre since 's ""The Voice"" in . Additionally, this was the second consecutive year in which a returning country won the contest following Ukraine's victory in 2016. The top three countries – Portugal, and – achieved the highest placing in their"
"Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following Alexander Rybak's win at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia with the song ""Fairytale"". It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The contest was broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing ""Satellite"", written by American Julie Frost and Denmark's John Gordon. It was Germany's first win in twenty-eight years, its second since"
"winners, sisters Inga and Anush (10th place); Luara Hayrapetyan, the Armenian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (2nd place); and the first winner of Eurovision Song Contest, Lys Assia. The winner of the contest was Eva Rivas with the song ""Apricot Stone"". Armenia competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May 2010, following Lithuania and preceding Israel. Armenia qualified from the second semi-final, placing 6th and scoring 83 points, and competed in the final on 29 May 2010. In the final Armenia performed following Russia and preceding Germany. Armenia placed 7th in the final, scoring"